DIGEST
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or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 732 Original 2016 Regular Session Abramson
Abstract: Establishes the acute psychiatric bed registry and requires all private and public facilities
to report psychiatric inpatient and crisis stabilization beds at least once daily.
Proposed law defines terms used in proposed law including "crisis receiving center", "healthcare
provider", "inpatient psychiatric treatment facility", and "temporary detention".
Proposed law requires the Dept. of Health and Hospitals (DHH) to develop and administer a
web-based acute psychiatric bed registry to collect, aggregate, and display information about
available acute beds in public and private inpatient psychiatric treatment facilities and public and
private crisis receiving centers to assist with the identification and designation of facilities for the
temporary detention and treatment of individuals who meet the criteria for admission by emergency
certificate or an order for protective custody.
Proposed law requires the registry to accomplish all of the following:
(1)Include descriptive information for every public and private inpatient psychiatric treatment
facility and every public and private crisis receiving center in the state, including contact
information for the facility or center.
(2)Provide real-time information about the number of beds available at each facility or center
and, for each available bed, the type of patient that may be admitted, the level of security
provided, and any other information that may be necessary to allow employees of inpatient
psychiatric treatment facilities and crisis receiving centers to identify appropriate facilities
for detention and treatment of individuals who meet the criteria for temporary detention.
(3)Allow employees of inpatient psychiatric treatment facilities and crisis receiving centers and
healthcare providers working in an emergency room of a hospital or clinic or other facility
rendering emergency medical care to perform searches of the registry to identify available
beds that are appropriate for the detention and treatment of individuals who meet the criteria
for temporary detention.
Proposed law requires every public or private inpatient psychiatric treatment facility and public and
private crisis receiving center licensed by the DHH to do both of the following:
(1)Designate such employees as may be necessary to submit information for inclusion in the
registry and serve as points of contact for addressing requests for information related to data reported to the registry.
(2)Update information included in the registry whenever there is a change in bed availability
for the facility or center or, if no change in bed availability has occurred, at least daily.
Proposed law requires DHH, prior to establishing the registry, to engage the office of technology
services of the division of administration in order to evaluate the capability and scalability of existing
software technology and data systems in use by state agencies and offices for the purpose of
determining whether any software program or system currently owned by the state can be utilized
or adapted to meet the functionality requirements of the registry.
Proposed law authorizes DHH to enter into a contract with a private entity for the development and
administration of the registry.
(Adds R.S. 28:931-933)